The second Virgin Festival By Virgin Mobile in the United States returns August 4-5, 2007 to Pimlico Race Course(R) in Baltimore, Maryland with a stunning and diverse list of artists and top deejays and two days of crazy energy and excitement. Sir Richard Branson previously announced that headliners The Police and The Smashing Pumpkins will appear as well as the Beastie Boys.
Tickets for the two-day festival go on sale May 5, 2007 and are priced at $175 for General Admission and $450 for VIP. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com or 1-800-551-SEAT). Single day tickets, if still available, will go on sale May 19 and be priced at $97.50 for single day General Admission tickets and $250 for single day VIP tickets. Virgin Mobile USA customers can take advantage of a promotional pre-sale period during which a limited number of tickets will be available for purchase. Prices include 10% Maryland Admission & Amusement Tax and a $1.50 per day charity donation. More information about Virgin Festival By Virgin Mobile can be found at www.virginfestival.com.
"Our fantastic line-up will be sure to excite festival-goers of all ages," said Sir Richard Branson, whose entrepreneurial focus on the environment has caught global attention. "We're going to redefine cool at one of the hottest and greenest destinations for live music this summer."
"Virgin Festival By Virgin Mobile is the perfect platform for us to celebrate our company's and our customers' connection to an eclectic range of music along with the energy and discovery that comes with live events," Dan Schulman, chief executive officer of Virgin Mobile USA, said.
"Virgin has earned a world-wide reputation for hip, innovative products and services, and the excitement of our brand extends to our music festival," said Frances Farrow, chief executive officer of Virgin USA. "Every summer, we bring together a community who gets to enjoy music as well as everything else that Virgin has to offer."
Seth Hurwitz, head of Festival producers I.M.P., said, "With two stages and a dance tent, we're very selective about our line-up. It's all about quality over quantity, the flow of the event and how the bands overlap. That said, the amount and diversity of top artists is amazing." I.M.P., one of the country's leading independent concert promoters and owners of Washington, D.C.'s famed 9:30 Club.
